HEARING ON NORTHERN IRELAND

WASHINGTON, D.C.–U.S. Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission), and Co-Chairman Senator Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD), announced today that the Commission will hold a hearing on Northern Ireland. The hearing will look at continued calls for independent inquiries and accountability for past abuses by security services in Northern Ireland, and will examine implementation of key provisions of the Good Friday Agreement, including those relating to policing and the administration of justice in the region.